April \m/etal show photos + reviews: Arch Enemy, Mayhem, Meshuggah, and more!

Photo Galleries and Show Reviews by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Beginning the last weekend of March and into April, San Francisco (and Spinning Platters!) has gotten very \m/etal!  Just look at the list of 60+ band names on the left column (on mobile, look near the bottom of the page), this does not happen too often around here anymore…

Spinning Platters is going to attempt to attend, photograph, and review as many of these as possible, and throughout the month will report back here with our findings (photos and possibly a review) shortly after each show! \m/

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Show Review + Photo Gallery: Aftershock Music Festival – September 13-14, 2014

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Across the Midwest and Southeast United States, from the last weekend of April through May 31, were seven Monster Energy Drink sponsored rock music festivals dubbed “The World’s Loudest Month”.  Rock on the Range, Carolina Rebellion, Welcome to Rockville, Fort Rock, RockFest, River City Rockfest, and Rocklahoma collectively entertained hundreds of thousands of hard rock and heavy metal fans in Columbus, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, Kansas City, San Antonio, and Pryor (OK), respectively.  Music fans most certainly traveled long distances to attend these festivals, with their amazing 1-3 day lineups featuring the likes of Rob Zombie, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Guns N Roses, Limp Bizkit, Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock, Slayer, Deftones, Twisted Sister, Staind, and Godsmack, just to name a few.

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